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Learn a heritage skill on holiday
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Make A Guitar
Making your own guitar sounds like music to our ears. At this masterclass in New Zealand you will learn all the basics of guitar making from wood carving to intonation setting. During the process you will draw your own templates, select your own wood and craft each component. Then you will leave New Zealand with your most unique souvenir yet.
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Learn Blacksmithing
Why go to the store to buy a kitchen or outdoor knife, when you can fashion one yourself? At a traditional blacksmith forge in New Zealand, you will be able to forge and shape the blade, before filing and grinding it to perfection.
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Carve furniture
Create a new antique for your family – carve your own piece of furniture. Whether you want to build a bench that you can put under your favourite tree, create a table or even just a box, you can lean at this hands-on workshop at New Zealand’s premier furniture making, woodworking and design school.
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Weave your own shopping basket
Carry the greatest shopping basket yet. Tote a shopping basket made from Harakeke, a native plant from New Zealand. Whilst you are learning the techniques of weaving and plaiting, you will also be taught the cultural customs that surround this time-honoured craft.
Suggested Itineraries
Classic Colombia
Bogota Cartagena Colombia's Coffee Triangle
- Explore historic Bogota's colonial houses and cathedrals
- Visit one of the country’s most beautiful towns, Villa de Leyva
- Stop by the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cartagena
- Learn about the local coffee-making process at a traditional plantation
- Enjoy different flavours and local delicacies on a street food tour
ideal length
9 nights
Nature and Culture in Peru
Lima Peruvian Amazon Cusco, Sacred Valley, & Machu Picchu Peru South America
- Witness the eerie catacombs of Lima’s Monastery of San Francisco
- Cruise through the Amazon on board the luxury ship, Aria Amazon
- Experience the fascinating flora, wildlife and birds of the Amazon
- Marvel at the extraordinary ruins of Machu Picchu
- Explore Cusco, the archaeological capital of the Americas
ideal length
12 nights
The Best of New South Wales
New South Wales Australia Australasia
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Visit Sydney Harbour on a two-hour private cruise
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Discover Australian wildlife on nature tours in the Blue Mountains
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Go horseback riding through Australia's picturesque Wolgan Valley
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Explore the vibrant underwater world of Lord Howe Island
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Be pampered in luxury accommodation and awake to stunning views every day
ideal length
8 nights
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